diff --git a/src/smc-util-node/package.json b/src/smc-util-node/package.json
index da0b63e490..ad48eb17a1 100644
--- a/src/smc-util-node/package.json
+++ b/src/smc-util-node/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "coffee-register-cache": "0.0.0",
     "coffee-script": "^1.10.0",
     "jsdom": "^7.2.2",
-    "sqlite3": "^3.1.0",
+    "sqlite3": "^5.0.3",
     "temp": "^0.8.3",
     "winston": "^1.1.1"
   },